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Hong Kong Regulators Restrict Retail Investor Access to ‘Complex’ Crypto Products
The securities regulator and the central banking institution of Hong Kong have updated the region’s crypto policy in response to enquiries from the industry. In a circular on the virtual asset-related activities of intermediaries, the…
Lightning Network Developer Warns About Major Vulnerability, Abandons Security Tasks
Antoine Riard, a Lightning Network (LN) developer, recently disclosed a major vulnerability affecting Bitcoin’s scaling layer. This vulnerability, which was addressed with a series of mitigations, involves a “new…
10 Decentralized Finance Protocols Rule Over 52% of the WBTC in Circulation
Over the span of ten months, since mid-December 2022, the cryptocurrency known as wrapped bitcoin (WBTC) experienced a reduction of nearly 23,000 coins from its circulation. Today, WBTC has 79,839 distinct wallet holders. Notably, a hefty…
Skybridge Boss Scaramucci Predicts Bitcoin’s Value Could Multiply 11-fold With Blackrock’s ETF…
Anthony Scaramucci, founder of Skybridge Capital, believes that if the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approves Blackrock’s spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund, the value of bitcoin could surge significantly. Scaramucci…
Report Exposes Warrantless Cash Searches at Atlanta Airport
In a startling investigation report, Atlanta News First uncovered the concerning practices of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) task force officers. At Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, DEA officers, in plain…
New Research Suggests Hal Finney Was Not Satoshi Nakamoto
In an extensive analysis, the American software engineer and columnist Jameson Lopp tackles the enduring mystery of Bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. While many have speculated that computer scientist Hal Finney was behind the…
Bitcoin’s Daily Transactions See Sharp 46% Decline Since Mid-September
Over the past 37 days, since September 15, 2023, the number of daily bitcoin transactions has dropped considerably, with the trend of Ordinal inscriptions experiencing a significant slowdown. In the first two weeks of September, the average…
SEC ‘Surrender,’ Fear of Middle East Escalation, Meme Coin Market Update — Bitcoin.com News Week in…
In big crypto and finance news this week, the SEC has dropped its lawsuit against top Ripple execs, Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio speculates on war in the context of strife in the Middle East, and a look at the meme coin market’s…
Centralized Mining Pools ‘Antithetical to the Ideals That Gave Rise to BTC and the Blockchain…
The apparent centralization in both proof-of-work and proof-of-stake protocols is “tragic because it’s antithetical to the cypherpunk ideals” that birthed the the bitcoin and blockchain movement, Tomer Afek, the CEO at the…
Report: Africa-Focused Crypto Trading App Shut Down — Co-Founder Says Only Nigerian Users Affected
The Africa-focused crypto trading app Vibra has reportedly stopped working in Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria. Reports that the app is not working in the three countries contradict the co-founder’s claim that only users from Nigeria are…